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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-089434"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BGC"
cik: "0001094831"
company_name: "BGC Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:26:26.545013+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BGC Group announces agreement to acquire OTC Global Holdings, a global energy brokerage

## Summary
- Acquisition of OTC Global Holdings, the largest independent institutional energy and commodities brokerage firm.
- Transaction is substantially all cash, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
- Howard Lutnick (BGC CEO) said OTC's talent and ECS business complement BGC's platform.
- Joe Kelly (OTC CEO) said combined platform will deliver unparalleled value to clients worldwide.
- Jefferies LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to OTC Global Holdings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-089434
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BGC
- cik: 0001094831
- company_name: BGC Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000121390024089434/0001213900-24-089434-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094831/000121390024089434/ea0218154-8k_bgcgroup.htm

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